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Before you plan out next year’s perennial beds, consider planting some strong-smelling herbs in and around other tender plants that would otherwise be targeted or destroyed by damaging pests.  While it is known that many perennial and annual plants attract beneficial insects to the garden, some are just as useful in planting to prevent other, less desireable pests. 
Natural […]

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 I guess it’s the luck of the draw that I have Acrobat ants.  Fortunately, for the ants (and not so much for me) they do actually balance quite well on a tight wire - in my case, the cable wire that passes through the leafy foliage of the Dogwood tree in my front yard.
Although I don’t plan on leading a team of circus ants […]

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            Spring is definitely my favorite season of the year.  The weather is getting warmer.  The trees are beginning to blossom.  The days are getting longer.  What a wonderful time to enjoy the great outdoors.  But, there is just one thing about the spring that many people, particularly home and property owners are not too […]

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                It’s February 2nd, 2009 and Punxsutawney Phil just saw his shadow. He proclaimed to us that there will be six more weeks of winter.  Now not that I have any doubt in Phil’s prediction, but just in case, I’d like to mention what a difference a longer winter or sooner spring can make around […]

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The odorous house ant is found throughout North America and is a common house-infesting pest that we find in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C. This pest is often found foraging for food in long trails over household surfaces and can sometimes get into stored food products. Although these ants do not bite or sting, they […]

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The warm weather gets all plants and animals growing and moving in the spring of the year.  Ants are no exception and it seems that in recent years ants have risen to be the number one household pest in the mid-Atlantic region.  To most, an ant is an ant is an ant.  In reality there […]

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Termites, ants, mice, and all the other pests that you would rather never have as a house guest are attracted to structures because they find food, moisture, or a place to hide or live. It can be one of these items or a combination of two or more that draws pests to your […]

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One pretty cool part of my job at American Pest Management allows me to travel around the world to do training at embassies for the Department of State. As a company we have made around 70 official visits to either Embassies or Consulates around the world.
Last week we visited Cairo, Egypt for our third time […]

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The Odorous House Ant.
Your worst nightmare. You wake up one morning and stroll into the kitchen in a sleepy stupor. You open the cabinet to reach for the honey to discover with horror a seething black mass of small, writhing ants. Welcome to spring!
With recent questions raised from the community with regards to distinguishing Odorous […]

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American Pest Launches Industrial Strength Bug Blog
Company-wide effort aimed at helping Northern Virginia, D.C. and Maryland nieghborhoods
Takoma Park, MD - March, 7, 2007 - American Pest Management, the oldest local pest control management firm serving homeowners, commercial properties and government buildings including The White House, today announced that it has launched a […]

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